“It was nothing to brag about last year,” Carr said while autographing posters before Sunday's event. “Hopefully, this year will be a lot better.”

For Carr, it was. A strong start turned into erratic play, but he did something that showed a marked improvement from last year.

He hit the ball every time he swung.

His lack of whiffs didn't lead his team to a win. But the good news: twice as many foursomes (12 to six) participated in the fund raiser.

Picking up golf has become “contagious” around the Chiefs locker room, and Carr caught the fever. He recently bought clubs and began going to the driving range.

After enjoying Sunday's round, Carr is even more excited to hit the links. But he also realizes it's time to start thinking about football again. Carr worked out for the first time in a while Friday. In Flint for a week, Carr went bowling and has caught up with family
and friends.

“That's what I learned, these last two years in the NFL,” Carr said. “When you get the opportunity to relax and just kick back and enjoy things, you take advantage of it. That's what I'm going to do.”

He's even allowing himself one trip to Big John's. Carr is on a diet to ensure he doesn't get “safety sized.” Before his round, he turned down a snack because it was filled with sugar.

Carr said his OTAs went well, as he adjusted to new defensive coordinator Romeo Crennel and new defensive backs coach Emmitt Thomas. In an offseason marked by the NFL cracking down on teams for conducting too strenuous of OTAs, Carr went hard (with in the league's guidelines) at the Chiefs' OTAs.

“You've got a whole month to recuperate, get your mind right, get your body right for the upcoming season,” said Carr, who will report to Kansas City on July 29. “Because once you start, it's going to be a grind all the way, hopefully, until February.”